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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Is SB 512, the teachers’ pension killer, dead on arrival? « Fred Klonsky's blog

Is SB 512, the teachers’ pension killer, dead on arrival? « Fred Klonsky's blog:

Is SB 512, the teachers’ pension killer, dead on arrival?

“The legislators I talked to in recent weeks all said that (they) have continued to receive letters, phone calls, emails, and visits from those opposed to SB512. They know that voting for this bill will earn them opposition from a formidable bloc of energized voters that will never forget their transgression. 2012 is a year where every single legislator is up for reelection and is running in a new district.”

This from Bob Lyons, TRS trustee:

The Civic Committee’s current plan for what they call “pension reform”, Senate Bill

Hey Moneyman the crowd is outside.

By Lupe Fiasco, the American rapper

Hey Moneyman the crowd is outside. The past, the future and the now is outside. The teachers and cooks and the drop-outs too. Word on the street is they looking for you…

Hey Moneyman they saying what’s the score? And how much blood have you spilled on the butcher shop floor? Those numbers keep running but what they running into? The crowd is outside and they asking of you…

Hey Moneyman Moneyman the mayor’s on the phone. He says he wants to know if all those people went home. Those momma’s and poppa’s and students and cooks. Those teachers and preachers, one second I’ll look…

Hey Moneyman Moneyman the tents are still up, the songs are still singing and the coffee’s in